Cereal-cooker.



T. EGKBRS.

CEREAL COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.7,1911.

1,054,097, Patented Feb. 25, 1913 r COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,\vASluNaToN.l). c.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE ECKERS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CER-EAL-COOKER.

Application led January 7, 1911.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THEODORE Ecnnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cereal-Cookers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in cereal cookers, and isespecially adapted for preparing oat-meal for table use.

The principal object of the invention is to prevent the cereal fromburning during the process of cooking, and in order that the inventionmay be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanyingdrawing' in which:

Figure l shows a side elevation partly in section of my improved cooker.Fig. 2 is an inverted cross section on line II-II of Fig. 1.

l designates a flat bottomed vessel of ordinary or preferred form.

2 and 3 designate two superimposed metallic screens, the former beingarranged above the latter.

Screen 2 is of sectional spheroidal form, secured at its margin to awire annulus 4, which in turn is supported by a plurality of inclinedarms 5, secured at their lower ends to a wire annulus 6, surrounding thelower fiat screen 3, which is adapted to rest directly upon the bottomof vessel l. Annulus 4; is greater in diameter than annulus 6, and titssnugly against the interior of the vessel 1, as shown in Fig. 1, toprevent the cereal within said vessel from sifting downward between theinterior thereof and the exterior of said annulus. With the foregoingconstruction an annular space is left between the annulus 6 and thesides of the vessel through which boiling water may aseend unimpeded tothat part of the cereal resting on the upper portion of screen 2, and

hence said portion will cook as rapidly as.

the cereal in the lower central part of screen 2, which is protectedfrom intense heat by the flat screen 3. Screen 2 supports the cereal aslight distance above the bottom of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Serial No. 601,478.

the vessel so that the cereal cannot burn, and stirring thereof will beunnecessary, even though the vessel be left upon a lire after theprocess of cooking has been completed. Screen 2 also supports the cerealin such manner that the steam generated from the boiling water withinthe vessel may permeate the cereal from all sides and thus hasten thecooking process.

As steam is generated at the interior bottom portion of vessel l, itpasses vertically upward, and if unobstructed, would cook that portionof the cereal at the central lower portion of screen 2 first. Screen 3,however, retards the upward passage of the steam and causes a portionthereof to flow outwardly and ascend around annulus 6, so that the flowof steam throughout the cereal will be uniform, and cooking of theentire body of cereal will accordingly be uniform.

The screens and their'annuli are of sufficient weight to prevent themfrom being lifted or displaced by the boiling water within the vesseland the steam generated therefrom. p

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

In combination with a fiat bottomed vessel, a wire annulus of lessdiameter than said vessel to leave an annular space, a flat wire screensecured to the underside of said annulus and adapted to lie directlyupon the bottom of t-he vessel, a second wire annulus spaced above thefirst-mentioned one and itting snugly against the interior of thevessel, inclined arms connect-ing said annuli, and a wire screen ofsectional spheroidal form depending from the upper annulus andoverhanging the annular space between the lower annulus and the sides ofthe vessel, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

THEO'DORE ECKERS. Witnesses:

F. Gr. FISCHER, E. C. LILLIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

